The 21-year-old described her win as "sweet revenge" for her recent defeat by Hannah Barnes but her team-mate broke her collarbone

Laura Trott has described her dramatic sprint-finish victory in the inaugural
Prudential RideLondon Women’s Grand Prix as “sweet revenge” for her recent
defeat by Hannah Barnes.

Trott finished a bike length clear of Barnes having recently been beaten by
the national criterium champion in the IG London Nocturne race. However,
there was no repeat this time as the 21-year-old Londoner was helped to
victory in the 15-lap criterium event, held over a 1.3-mile circuit around
St James’s Park, by Dani King.

However, Britain’s double Olympic gold-medal winner’s success came at a cost
as Jo Rowsell, her Wiggle Honda team-mate, ended up in hospital after she
suffered a heavy fall. X-rays later showed that the 24-year-old, who struck
gold alongside Trott and King in the Team Pursuit at London 2012, had broken
her collerbone.

Despite the crash, Trott and King managed to keep out of trouble and the
women’s omnium champion